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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

    AFTER ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

    'The Princess Alice as "Spring"'; Princess Alice, later the Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-78) as Spring

    1893 copy after an original of May 1854

    Carbon print | 11.3 x 15.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2906061

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Alice, later the Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-78) lying on a covered support. She faces the camera and gazes to the right, away from the camera. She rests her head on her right hand and holds a hat in her left hand. She wears a garland of flowers on her head.

    Princess Alice is dressed as the personification of Spring for a performance of 'Tableaux of the Seasons', performed at Windsor Castle on 10 February 1854.

    • Creator(s)

      After Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

      Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)

    • 11.3 x 15.1 cm (image)

    • From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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